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Dozens feared dead in Nigeria gas blast | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
Scores of people are reported killed in an explosion at an industrial gas plant in southern Nigeria. | Scores of people are reported killed in an explosion at an industrial gas plant in southern Nigeria. |
A truck is said to have exploded as it was off-loading butane cooking gas in the town of Nnewi in Anambra State. | A truck is said to have exploded as it was off-loading butane cooking gas in the town of Nnewi in Anambra State. |
Reports of casualties vary from 35 to more than 100 people killed, including factory workers and neighbours. | Reports of casualties vary from 35 to more than 100 people killed, including factory workers and neighbours. |
Local police have confirmed the incident but have yet to provide further details. A huge fire reportedly followed the blast. | Local police have confirmed the incident but have yet to provide further details. A huge fire reportedly followed the blast. |
The dead and injured are being taken to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital in Nnewi. | The dead and injured are being taken to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital in Nnewi. |
A witness told the Vanguard newspaper that the blast was triggered when a truck began discharging cooking gas without waiting for the mandatory cooling time. | A witness told the Vanguard newspaper that the blast was triggered when a truck began discharging cooking gas without waiting for the mandatory cooling time. |
People who had come to fill up their gas cylinders were caught up in the explosion as well as passersby, the newspaper reported. | People who had come to fill up their gas cylinders were caught up in the explosion as well as passersby, the newspaper reported. |
Witnesses say the explosion caused a huge fire that firefighters and residents took several hours to put out. | Witnesses say the explosion caused a huge fire that firefighters and residents took several hours to put out. |